Mountain Home and Wood River are an even 4-4-2 against one another since August of 2018, but likely not for long. The Mountain Home Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Wood River Wolverines at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mountain Home is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.2 goals per game this season.
Wood River is hoping to do what Twin Falls couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Mountain Home's winning streak, which now stands at six games. Mountain Home had just enough and edged Twin Falls out 1-0. The Tigers wouldn't have won without Hailey Eresman, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, after soaring to six goals the game before, Wood River was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They came up short against Twin Falls, falling 3-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Wolverines haven't been shut out since back in August.
Mountain Home pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Wood River, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-5 record.
Mountain Home beat Wood River by a goal when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Home since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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